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Monthly Archives: July 2022
Good news and Bad news
My toddler wanted to take a spatula to the zoo and after a fierce round of negotiations I was able to talk her down to a spatula and a throw pillow.
I opened up emotionally to my husband and told him how long it’s been since the check engine light turned on.
Good news: Averaging 10K steps a day on my fitness tracker. Bad news: 7,000 of those steps involve wandering around the house looking for my wallet, glasses, or car keys.
In the year 2005, I asked her what was wrong and she still hasn’t finished.
No one wants your attention more than a kid in the back seat of a vehicle you’re driving while you’re trying to locate an address.
When your wife says “When you have a minute” it’s wise to drop whatever you’re doing and immediately have a minute.
My kids can lose something i bought them for $20 and up and not even flinch but could lose a stick they found in the yard and cry about it for hours.
Husband couldn’t find the step ladder this morning cause apparently in the basement 18 inches to the left of the bottom step leaning against the wall wasn’t descriptive enough.
“Push me more medium-er” -3yo, on a swing, dropping perhaps the most 3yo-like comment imaginable.
“We have to start taking our health seriously in this family” I say to my husband as I throw back a handful of vitamins with my giant glass of wine.
90% of parenting is crumb identification.
[After dropping a container of blueberries all over the floor] 8 y/o: See! This is exactly why I wanted chips!
It’s so much easier to ignore my kids bickering when we’re on vacation because the crashing of the ocean waves drowns them out.
Pinterest activities for kids: 1 hour of set up 5 minutes of play 3 hours of cleanup
Spend $250 on your kid playing soccer so they can tell you the only thing they enjoyed is the popsicle at the end of the game.
7: 3 is giving me the finger Me: he doesn’t know what that means 7: yes he does, I taught him.
Patented Bubbles
Veuve du Vernay was first made in the 1960s by Robert Charmat, the son of scientist, Eugene Charmat who patented the Charmat Method of producing sparkling wines. Robert Charmat employed this method of trapping the carbonation from secondary fermentation to make his own sparkling wine full of fresh aromas and flavors. Robert named his wines for a widow in Vernay who helped his father during his early winemaking days. Veuve in French means widow.
Although the cuvee is typically created from wines of a single vintage, Vernay is not vintage dated in order to allow the winemaker the flexibility of including wines from other vintages for balance and consistency. Veuve du Vernay is typically Blanc de Blanc, a white wine made exclusively from white grapes, and it is a Brut (dry) sparkling wine, but it is not austere – rather it suggests the characteristics of the fine varieties from which it is made. Many discriminating consumers of champagne have embraced Veuve du Vernay as their favourite French sparkling wine.
The goal is to achieve a harmonious freshness and complexity, making every table festive! Works for us.
And here endith the lesson. Onward to the suck-em-up.
It’s fresh and easy drinking. Dry Palate. Almost velvety bubbles. We had pistachio-encrusted sole fillets and Mediterranean style salada as an accompaniment.
VEUVE DU VERNAY – BRUT
$14.99 regularly $16.99
11.5% Alcohol
UPC: 03058080097547
As seen by hoofers
Its someone else’s … officially
The usual Bad Boys are present
And thats a good thing.
95% Gargenega and 5% Trebbiano di Soave. Often small amounts of Chardonnay or Pinot Bianco massage the flavours.
Big Names. Bolla (owned by the largest wine producer in Italy) has been producing wines since 1883. Banfi is a massive distribution partner. Soave means “soft” in Italian. And it’s said that Frank Sinatra wouldn’t sit in a restaurant that didn’t have Soave Bolla on the menu. Soava represents both the region (North Eastern Italy) and the style of wine.
It’s not often that one finds a wine that will stand up to being on it’s own, served with lighter fare like grilled seafood, chicken, fish-based pastas and entrée salads, or as an appertif. This one works with whatever/however you serve it.
Notes of melon, pear and ripe apple abound, followed by a long and lingering finish.
Great Value and a really nice wine for all seasons.
SOAVE CLASSICO – BOLLA
$12.99 regularly $14.99
12% Alcohol
UPC: 08008960684461
Confused after high expectations
The region produces wonderful Malbecs. 85 year old vines usually produce great wines. Unfortunately, this one is neither wonderful nor great. There isn’t a lot of complexity and there isn’t any bounce to the step. There is medium body, tight tannins and a ripeness to the finish.
It’s still quite enjoyable, but we don’t feel the price is justified.
We’ve had nicer wines from the region at a more reasonable price. Maybe it needs more time in the bottle, or possibly it needs something carnavore-ish to be served with it to distract.
MALBEC – LUIS SEGUNDO LAS ACEQUIAS MENDOZA 15
$24.99
14.5% Alcohol
UPC: 07798067080693
To get there from here
0:46 / 3:01:07
Relaxing Background Guitar Music – meditate, focus, study, think
Poison Pen or Love Letter?
If it’s moving on the plate, he’ll stab it.
Well Done. True Terroir.
It’s an update since Kitchen Confidential. He hasn’t cleaned up his language, and the drawn knives are as sharp as ever. It’s a food fight that has broken out where he takes on the whole food industry … and even chucks rocks at himself. Bourdain talks the same way he writes. He appreciated food , and what it represents to different people and cultures.
He writes frankly about his own successes and failures, both as a chef and an author.
Rereading the book brought back many memories of his TV shows, and highlights the ups and downs of his life. He made sense with his cries in the wilderness.
Medium Raw – Anthony Bourdain – ISBN 978-0-06-171695-3
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